Pootang Luva,
I'm with Balpa and very much involved in trying to get better T&C's where i work. I would support a move to bonding though.
This is not going to be easy with guys fronting up for SSTR schemes of their own free will. If your company is a SSTR operator then they know full well that when it comes to industrial action, pilots who have sold them selves short already, are likely to do it again in the future and that means you will have trouble.
If you support a move to bonding, then why are you slating this thread. A move to bonding would be the best move by a long shot as it is fair to both sides while still recognising the pilots with experience! Geting rid of SSTR's is the obvious step to allow this to happen. You cant get rid of SSTR's until you start penalising those pilots that wish to purchase them.
That is my point, I want to know how we do that!
THAT IS THE POINT OF A RECRUITMENT BAN!
I also think you can achieve more by not attacking you collegues and confronting the real problem.
I have not attacked anyone in this thread! I have been vocal in other threads but this is a problem that I am very passionate about! If SSTR's arent the real problem then what is? It is not the companies that provide thems fault, they are trying to save money while making money for the shareholders. That is what businesses do! Its the deperate 'out of a jet job' pilots willing to buy them and the FTO's that convince them to get them into that position in the first place who are accountable.
Pootang Luva. From the sounds of it, a recruitment ban on those pilots who buy SSTR's scares you. Why is that? Have you brought a SSTR? You obviously value your BALPA membership so it seems like you have a lot to lose should something like this happen! This shows that this idea has some merit and is quite possibly the reason you are trying to convince me to end my enquiry! Please correct me if I am wrong.
OSOP